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From the first episode of _Death Note_ :

> この世に不必要な人間を消すことのできるヤツがいるか？
>
> **いる** わけがない

Why is いる used here, when わけ ("reasoning") isn't an animate object? Shouldn't
this be "ある訳" instead?


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Why say 「いるわけ」when わけ isn't an animate object?


This sentence is an answer to the one right before.

> （～ことのできるヤツが）いるわけがない。"There cannot be (a guy who can...)"

Therefore the subject of the verb いる in this context is 「不必要な人間を消すことのできるヤツ」,
which is animate.


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